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1 Samuel 7:6

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

When they gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out in the Lord’s presence.  They fasted that day,  and there they confessed, ‘We have sinned against the Lord.’  And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.

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We will certainly die  and be like water poured out on the ground, which can’t be recovered. But God would not take away a life; he would devise plans so that the one banished from him does not remain banished.


‘No, my lord,’ Hannah replied. ‘I am a woman with a broken heart. I haven’t had any wine or beer; I’ve been pouring out my heart before the Lord.


so they cried out to the Lord, saying, ‘We have sinned against you.  We have abandoned our God and worshipped the Baals.’


Even now – this is the  Lord’s declaration – turn to me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.


If my head were a flowing spring, my eyes a fountain of tears, I would weep day and night over the slain of my dear   people.


I’ll get up, go to my father, and say to him, ‘Father, I have sinned   against heaven   and in your sight.


and when they come to their senses in the land where they were deported and repent and petition you in their captors’ land: ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have been wicked,’


‘Will you pass judgement against them, will you pass judgement, son of man? Explain the detestable practices of their ancestors to them.


My eyes overflow unceasingly, without end,


My eyes are worn out from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief  , because of the destruction of my dear people, because infants and nursing babies faint in the streets of the city.


After my return, I felt regret; After I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’


Therefore, I reject my words and am sorry for them; I am dust and ashes.  ,


I am so insignificant. How can I answer you? I place my hand over my mouth.


He will look at men and say, ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.


My friends scoff at me as I weep before God.


So you handed them over to their enemies, who oppressed them. In their time of distress, they cried out to you, and you heard from heaven. In your abundant compassion you gave them deliverers, who rescued them from the power of their enemies.


Jehoshaphat was afraid, and he resolved  to seek the Lord. Then he proclaimed a fast  for all Judah,


The Spirit of the Lord came on him, and he judged Israel. Othniel went out to battle, and the Lord handed over King Cushan-rishathaim of Aram to him, so that Othniel overpowered him.


‘But when they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their ancestors #– #their unfaithfulness that they practised against me, and how they acted with hostility towards me,


and also Mizpah,  , for he said, ‘May the Lord watch between you and me when we are out of each other’s sight.


‘This is to be a permanent statute  for you: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month you are to practise self-denial  and do no work,  both the native and the foreigner  who resides among you.


Samuel judged Israel throughout his life.


In the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month,  all the people of Jerusalem and all those coming in from Judah’s cities into Jerusalem proclaimed a fast before the Lord.


When the angel of the Lord had spoken these words to all the Israelites, the people wept loudly.


But the Israelites said, ‘We have sinned. Deal with us as you see fit; only rescue us  today! ’


They went up, wept  before the Lord until evening,  and enquired of him, ‘Should we again attack our brothers the Benjaminites? ’ And the Lord answered, ‘Fight against them.’


The whole Israelite army went to Bethel where they wept and sat before the Lord.  They fasted that day until evening and offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to the Lord.


Samuel summoned the people to the Lord at Mizpah


Then they cried out to the Lord and said, “We have sinned, for we abandoned the Lord and worshipped the Baals and the Ashtoreths. Now rescue us from the power of our enemies,  and we will serve you.”


So the Three broke through to the Philistine camp and drew water from the well at the gate of Bethlehem. They brought it back to David, but he refused to drink it. Instead, he poured it out to the Lord.


I sigh when food  is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.


The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned.


Hear this, priests! Pay attention, house of Israel! Listen, royal house! For the judgement applies to you because you have been a snare at Mizpah and a net spread out on Tabor.





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